Slippin' (Re-Recorded)

See, to live is to suffer

But to survive, well, that's to find meaning in the suffering

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get back on my feet so I can tear shit up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get back on my feet so I can tear shit up

I've been through mad different phases like mazes to find my way

And now, I know that happy days are not far away

If I'm strong enough, I'll live long enough to see my kids

Doin' somethin' more constructive with their time than bids

I know because I been there, now I'm in there

I sit back and look at what it took for me to get there

First came the bullshit, the drama with my mama

She got on some fly shit so I split and said that I'ma

Be that seed that doesn't need much to succeed

Strapped with mad greed, a heart that doesn't bleed

I'm ready for the world, or at least I thought I was

Baggin' **** when I caught a buzz, for thinkin' about how short I was

Goin' too fast, it wouldn't last, but yo, I couldn't tell

Group homes and institutions prepared my ass for jail

They put me in a situation, forcin' me to be a man

When I was just learnin' to stand without a helping hand

Damn, was it my fault, somethin' I did

To make a father leave his first kid at seven doin' my first bid?

Back on the scene at fourteen with a scheme

To get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dream

And by all means, I will be livin' high off the hog

And I never gave a fuck about much but my dog

That's my only mothafucka I hit off with my last

Just another lil **** headed nowhere fast

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get back on my feet so I can tear shit up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get back on my feet so I can tear shit up

That ain't the half, shit gets worse as I get older

Actions become bolder, heart got colder

Chip on my shoulder that I dared a **** to touch

Didn't need a clique 'cause I scared a **** that much

One deep with the pit startin' shit for kicks

Catchin' vics, throwin' bricks, gettin' by bein' slick

Used to get high, just to get by

Used to have to puff my L in the morning before I got fly

I ate somethin', a couple of forties made me hate somethin'

I've had some, now I'm ready to take somethin'

Three years later, showin' signs of stress

Didn't keep my hair cut or give a fuck how I dressed

I'm possessed by the darker side, livin' the cruddy life

Shit like this kept a **** with a bloody knife

Wanna make records but I'm fuckin' it up

I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get back on my feet so I can tear shit up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get back on my feet so I can tear shit up

Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom

**** talkin' shit, like, "Damn, look how that rock got him!"

Open like a window, no more indo

Look at a video, sayin' to myself, "That coulda been yo

Ass on the TV," believe me, it could be done

Somethin' gots to give, gots to change 'cause now, I've got a son

I gots to do the right thing for shorty

And that means no more gettin' high, drinkin' 40s

So I get back, lookin' type slick again

Fake **** jump back on my dick again

Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel

And much respect to all my **** that kept it real

Kept a **** strong, kept a **** from doin' wrong

**** know who they is and this is your fuckin' song

And to my boo who stuck with a **** through

All the bullshit, you'll get yours because it's due

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get back on my feet so I can tear shit up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get back on my feet so I can tear shit up

See, this is that shit that all real **** can relate to

Thoughts getting real heavy, this is from the heart

Don't get it twisted

X, baby